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Some Cocktails for the Fall

The weather is turning cold in Canada and I thought I would add three more cocktails to my recipe section that suited this time of year. A modified Mojito I call Cuban Mist, a nice “mule’ style cocktail that combines a Canadian whisky liqueur with rum called the Klondike Mule, and a little love for the Isle of Haiti in a cocktail I call Haitian Joie.

The Mojito is one of the quintessential rum cocktails. It is a tall refreshing cocktail that combines white rum, lime juice and mint. A good dollop of sparkling water and some ice completes it and on a hot day, it is hard to beat. But here in Canada, the hot days are behind us and we have even had a few days with snow already. I like the mojito, but to be honest I’m looking more for a cocktail that I can sip rather than one to quench my thirst.

So I decided to shorten the mojito removing most of the sparkling water and ice.

Add the Rum, the simple syrup and the lime juice to a metal shaker
Crush one mint sprig on the inside of the shaker and then add it to other ingredients in the shaker as well .
Add in the ice and shake until the metal shaker frosts
Strain into a small chilled glass
Top with 3/4 of an ounce of sparkling water
and one small ice-cube

In Canada we have a nice honey and whisky based spirit called Yukon Jack. So… I began to think of what might work well starting with rum and Yukon Jack.

In my cupboard I saw a can of Ginger Beer and I decided to make a “mule” style cocktail based upon mixing an Anejo style rum with Yukon Jack and Ginger Beer. It is tall, refreshing and delicious. I call it, The Klondike Mule.

The Klondike Mule

1 1/2 oz Anejo Rum
3/4 oz Yukon Jack
juice from 1/2 Lime
ice

Ginger Beer

Fill a tall glass with ice
Add the Brugal Anejo, Yukon Jack, and Lime Juice
Top with Ginger Beer

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This entry was posted on November 4, 2010 at 1:01 pm and is filed under Cocktails & Recipes, Rum.
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One Response to “Some Cocktails for the Fall”

TBGsaid

Your Klondike Mule is a subtle variation on the Dark & Stormy.
(Dark Rum & Ginger Beer on the rocks)

Western enthusiasts of the D&S will tell you it originated in Bermuda using Goslings & Stone’s Ginger Beer, but in the Eastern Hemisphere they claim it was originated in the Queensland Gladstone/Brisbane area, using Bundaberg Rum (Bundy- with the polar bear on the label) and Bundaberg Ginger Beer.
The have stubbies (375ml cans) on sale in the local grocery stores throughout Oz.
(Said stubbies saved my sanity when I was marooned in Agnes Water for 2 weeks following 9-11.)

Seems like you’ve not been able to put your hands on Bundy or Bundy OP for review… I might have to have the boys bring some back after the Oz Open this year….